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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The One In Which She Goes Rather Apeshit
So, you all know that I am generally a mild-mannered, easygoing, simple-to-please girl. I don't ask for much in my life, I just crave some stability and some consistency, and I like things to work how they are supposed to work.
So last night we have Bubbles, our beloved 2004 Mach1 Mustang, out for a little trip to meet up with our fellow car club members for dinner. We're heading north on I-44 and the engine's purring and everything's fine, and S. goes to shift her from 4th gear to 5th gear.
And then, S. goes to shift her from 4th gear to 5th gear.
Then he tried from neutral to 5th gear.
And neutral to 4th gear.
And 4th gear to 5th gear.
... do you get where I'm going with this?
That's right, we lost the tranny. AGAIN. Back in November, we had her in the "shop" for an extended period of time getting an entirely new transmission put in her, under warranty. Shortly after that we had it back to the shop for some shifter parts that needed to be replaced since they had put a whole new transmission in the car, but hadn't replaced the mechanical parts in the shifter that butt up against the new transmission. (Transmisisons and shifters tend to work much better if all the parts line up and are even.)
Now, it looks like something's broken or gotten horribly mis-aligned within the shifter mechanism that won't let the car shift into 1-3-5.
We pulled to the side of the busy freeway and phoned some club members who were on their way to the same meeting. They were kind enough to come wait by the side of the road with us and then give us a lift following the tow truck back to the dealership, where we dropped off my car. I also had an extended conversation with "whoever the highest ranking person at the dealership is that I can talk to RIGHT NOW, and I'd prefer a general manager or [The Owner Guy] himself, please."
(Turns out, it was the New Car Manager, and he helped us get the car taken in and a "love note" written for the service manager, so I am expecting a phone call from the dealership some time this morning.)
When we were sitting on the side of the road after calling roadside assistance and while waiting for our friends to show up, I was so pissed off, so completely horked, so undeniably worked up, that my fingers started tingling and I was seeing spots and stars... I was starting to hyperventilate and was going to either pass out or lose my damn mind. Thanks to S. and a phone call to/from another friend of ours, I was able to calm down finally and become a little more functional.
We took our saviours out to dinner for coming to get us and missing the club meeting themselves.
Sounds like me and the service manager are going to have at least a telephonic pow-wow today. I guarantee he doesn't want to see me in person.
---UPDATE---
While writing this post, Mr. Service Manager called me. I gave him the update. He claims he can get the car into 1st gear but it is VERY VERY HARD to shift into 1st gear. He also listened to me refresh his memory about the awful situation with the car we had last time and the awful service we got and how frustrated we are/were with everything... he says he has it in a stall right now and will have a tech on it first thing and will get back to me by noon.
Fingers crossed, everyone, fingers crossed. Please, please, please. We have warranty on this car until September and I don't want any more wonky bullshit.
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